Word
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English
Etymology
Indo-European werə-, to speak.
Pronunciation
- /wɜː(r)d/, /w3:(r)d/
Noun
word (words)
- (linguistics) A distinct unit of language (sounds in speech or written letters) with a particular meaning, composed of one or more morphemes, and also of one or more phonemes that determine its sound pattern.
- Something promised.
- I give you my word that I will be there on time
- (computing) A numerical value with a bit width native to the machine.
- (theology) God (see [1])
Synonyms
- (something promised): promise
- (God): God, Logos, word of God
Derived terms
Translations
unit of language
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something promised
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computing sense
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word of God
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- Korean: 단어 (daneo), 말 (mal)
Dutch
Verb
word
- (first-person present singular of worden) becomes
- (second-person present singular of worden, if verb precedes pronoun (word jij) become
- (imperative of worden) become
el:λέξη